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West Ham have been found guilty of two charges of failing to control their fans at the Carling Cup game against Millwall last August.

The Football Association charges that the Irons failed to prevent violent behaviour and failed to prevent fans entering the field of play were upheld by an independent tribunal.

Police investigating the violence surrounding the West Ham v Millwall Carling Cup match have launched a fresh appeal for witnesses.

Officers investigating the trouble at Upton Park in August are releasing a gallery of 66 individuals they would like to speak to in connection with offences of violent disorder at the game.

Newham officers are on the hunt for a mob who stabbed a father outside Upton Park as trouble flared at this week's West Ham vs Millwall match.

The 43-year-old Millwall fan is in a stable condition in hospital following the attack, which also saw the group aim punches and kicks at his two teenage sons.

The football was almost a sideshow as West Ham and Millwall faced off at Upton Park while the "fans" faced off almost everywhere else inside and outside the stadium.

The Carling Cup tie between two of the game's biggest rivals always had the potential to be volatile, and the mindless misbehaviour of a minority of fans made it happen.

Gang violence has been blamed for a clash which left two Isle of Dogs teens in hospital with stab wounds.

A 17 and 14 year old were taken to separate East London hospitals after a battle involving around 30 youths between Cahir Street and Harbinger Road at around 5.30pm last Friday (May 29).

Click here for the Wharf's gallery of the Excel protests

The protests at Excel certainly don't match the drama of yesterday's clashes in the City, but police are taking no chances.

Those entering and leaving Canning Town station are being searched under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.

Click here to see The Wharf's pictures of the protests.

Protesters were penned in by riot police for more than eight hours as G20 protests were hit by spasms of violence.

Wine bottles were thrown and an effigy of a banker was burned from a lamppost as frustrations grew at the immovable cordon around Bank station.